Mount Cirrus

Mount Cirrus
East aspect, centered, from Trail Ridge Road
Highest point
Elevation12,808 ft (3,904 m)[1]
Prominence400 ft (122 m)[1]
Parent peakHoward Mountain (12,826 ft)[1]
Isolation0.56 mi (0.90 km)[1]
Coordinates40°26′05″N 105°54′07″W / 40.4346827°N 105.9019049°W / 40.4346827; -105.9019049[2]
Naming
EtymologyCirrus cloud
Geography
Mount Cirrus is located in Colorado
Mount Cirrus
Mount Cirrus
Location in Colorado
Mount Cirrus is located in the United States
Mount Cirrus
Mount Cirrus
Mount Cirrus (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyGrand County / Jackson County
Protected areaRocky Mountain National Park
Never Summer Wilderness
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Never Summer Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Richthofen
Geology
Rock typeshale and granodiorite[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeSouthwest Ridge class 2[4]

Mount Cirrus is a 12,808-foot-elevation (3,904-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

  1. ^ a b c d "Cirrus, Mount - 12,808' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ "Mount Cirrus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  3. ^ Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
  4. ^ Lisa Foster (2005), Rocky Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide, Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 9781565795501, p. 338.